Set in nineteenth century England, emily sanderson is a middle class white girl born into wealth and respectability. Her future security is assured until she falls passionately in love with a sophisticated black man, jos...Set in nineteenth century England, emily sanderson is a middle class white girl born into wealth and respectability. Her future security is assured until she falls passionately in love with a sophisticated black man, josiah equiano. When the irrevocably violent prejudice of her family is revealed, and a husband of their choice is about to be forced upon her, emily must make a decision between freedom and her duty bound to obligation.